Re: EXEC syntax for SP which returns row set

<fitzjarrell_at_cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> This is what YOU posted after a re-write changed the procedure to a
> function:
>
> var results refcursor
> exec :results := TEST.SPTEST
> print results
>
> Show me where THAT matches what I posted above, using a stored
> procedure.
>

Are you serious? It looks pretty close to me. But if you don't think so, let's just drop it.

> You may not believe any of us, since you're so lost in your world of
> DB2, however all who posted to your initial query attempted to guide
> you to the proper answer, even Oracle itself. And, no, you weren't the
> first to post the answer; Maxim Demenko was the first to flesh out the
> responses and lead you by the nose to the correct solution, albeit with
> PL/SQL instead of SQL*Plus.
> <snip>

Albeit? I specifically said in my OP that I need to know how to do it with SQL*Plus.

I was testing the SP in SQL*Plus not PL/SQL. The SP will be called by a java program (the java programmer knows how to call it with a result set) but I just needed to run a quick test in SQL*Plus.

I asked 3 experienced Oracle DBA's about this, all of whom said they knew PL/SQL, but none knew the answer. None referred me to the SQL*Plus manual, but recommended some PL/SQL manuals and books they gave me to look at.

The link I found and posted in this thread previously (repeated below) led me to the correct answer. However I do thank Maxim for his response and his high level of courtesy and professionalism.

Here is where I got the answer that I posted previously, and it works perfectly:

Returning a JDBC result set from an Oracle stored procedure, by Bruce P. Blackshaw
http://www.enterprisedt.com/publications/oracle/result_set.html Received on Thu Jul 14 2005 - 22:51:26 CDT